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I would like to be termed as a public interpreter. I have set my role to research on complicated issues of fact, and then communicate an accurate and understandable version to the public as a teacher and a policy advisor. My product is intended for the general public. I want my work to be creative and analytical rather than a simple relay of raw information. I try my level best that my reporting is based on facts rather than fabrications. I always ensure that my product convey multiple points of view. I make my living from writing. Of course, whatever is presented on television screen is written first. I want my work to be recognised by others, which helps to give it a value. Knowing the power of the printed or spoken word, I entered this field. I use the power to influence people for good. I also recognise my role as a servant of the people. I never use journalism for selfish ends. I have tried hard to improve the life of other people - remembering that they may not always agree with me on what those improvements should be. As many journalists do, I also tend to know a little bit about a lot of things, rather than a lot about one subject. I claim to have a deep love of language, written or spoken. I try to understand the real meaning and flow of words and take delight in using them. I aim for accuracy. Without accuracy I may lose trust, viewers and ultimately the job. I go out, find a story and hang on to it until I'm satisfied and have it in full. I often have to ask hard questions and risk upsetting people, who do not want to co-operate. It may be painful, but in the end I tend to gain their respect. I always try to be polite, however rude people may be. My rule is simple: be polite but persistent.
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The author seems to be interested in making a mountain out of a molehill. As one can easily understand these visits were part of the new CMs courtesy visits and no projects of relevance will be discussed during such courtesy meetings . If the author is already aware of the finer and granular discussion points , can he enlighten others like us ? In a passive manner the author has attempted drawing parellels to Adani accompanying PM. What a wishful attempt !!! He has also attempted portraying Brittas as the whole and sole of ( madhyama muthalai !!! )Kairali TV. He seems knowing many things , however he is conveniently hiding the fact that Kairali is owned by 100s of thousand share holders. Please note there are Employee CEOs and Owner CEOs , in the case of Kairali it is known to the common public that their CEO is an employee.

He further justifies the objective behind the blog as an attempt to intimate the CM about the “avatarams”, and the author appreciates the statement of CM …..However my friend , if the CM himself had decided to take Brittas along with him, is in’t it a vindication that he wanted him to be there with him ( for whatever reasons there of )

I am left to wonder what was the real objective behind this blog ??? The author mentions that he knows John Brittas only through TV and photographs …. and in a jiffy he says he had heard a lot about him through others …which means he had spend good amount of time discussing about Brittas…meaning the author knows Brittas not just through TV and Photographs !!! .. To me looks like somewhere the author seems to be trying to take some vengeance out …. and the narrative of the author says he wish to be termed as public interpreter and in this blog he had only done “personality interpretation ” and that too with a definite motive in mind ….. Wish you good luck Syam

Everywhere that Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes, it seems, Gautam Adani is sure to go.
The Gujarati businessman and head of the Rs 56,000-crore group is one common thread that runs through the many trips that India’s peripatetic leader has made since assuming office nearly a year ago.
Last week in France, Adani was prominent in the audience at UNESCO where the PM delivered a 20 minute speech; sources say he even met former president Nicolas Sarkozy over dinner. The list of attendees at the Indo-French CEOs meeting given to the media by the French side mentioned his name after Anil Ambani; the Indian side’s list was curiously silent about his participation.
Now Adani, whose interests span infrastructure and power, is in Canada, where Modi is busy discussing energy cooperation, nuclear energy and investments in urbanisation.
Government officials maintained, off the record, that Adani was never a part of any official delegation and as a private individual, he was free to go wherever he wanted. HT’s attempts to reach Adani for this article proved to be in vain.
Adani was a fixture when Modi went to the United States, Australia, Brazil and Japan. In New York, he was frequently spotted going up from the foyer of the New York Palace Hotel to the floor where Modi was staying; he also attended the PM’s address to the United Nations’ General Assembly (UNGA).
In November, the otherwise low-key enterpreneur — worth $6.9 billion and ranked 12th on the recent HT Global India Rich List — was seen walking with the PM at various events around the G-20 summit in Australia.
Adani and State Bank of India chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya inked an agreement for a Rs 6,200-crore loan for Adani’s coal project Down Under, which is embroiled in several controversies and now has been challenged in court by some rights groups. Over a dozen top international banks have refused to fund the ambitious project involving coal mining, railway line and a port.
“Gautambhai is known for his proximity with the PM so now he is flaunting it,” said a top bureaucrat who has known Adani for 20 years.
This relationship may be more in the public eye now, but goes back to the days when Modi was chief minister of Gujarat. Adani journeyed to China, Japan, Singapore and Russia with his leader.
In fact, his proximity to Modi was targeted by Rahul Gandhi in some of the Congress leader’s campaign speeches, but the comments were drowned in a saffron wave that swept away everything before it.
Adani’s companies are labouring under a debt of Rs 72,000 crore but this hasn’t stopped him buying two power plants, plus a port in Odisha, after the change in regime in Delhi.
And the day Modi’s landslide in the general elections win was announced — May 16 last year —Adani celebrated the acquisition of Dhamra Port from Larsen and Toubro and Tata Steel for Rs 5,500 crore after nearly a year of negotiations.